Emmaline and the Bunny / Katherine Hannigan / 100 pages / 8 Maids a Milking December Challenge

Emmaline wanted a bunny more than anything.  It doesn't look as if she will get one, however, as Mayor Orson Oliphant has declared that "anything that makes a mess is banished from Neatasapin!"  He cut down all the trees calling them leaf-litterers.  He sent all the wild animals away, installed alarms on the baby diapers, and threatens to send untidy Emmaline away as well.  Emmaline is lonely as none of the neat children will play with her.  She still wants a bunny - a wild one.  Katherine Hannigan, author of the awesome Ida B and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, & (Possibly) Save the World, has crafted an endearing novel for the younger set and illustrated it with soft, pleasing, pastel drawings.